Box 2/15
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Various Awards and Education Diplomas
Item — Box: 2/15
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58 was a zoology major at Wheaton. He is a pediatric immunologist who has done extensive research in pediatrics and HIV/AIDS in children and who, in 1982, first described two of the three known means of HIV transmission—mothers to infants and through blood transfusions. He also diagnosed the first children with HIV infection. Dr. Ammann is Founder of Global Strategies, a non‐profit organization dedicated to responding to the health needs of disadvantaged women and child by...
Dates:
Created: 1952-2014; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Award. National Research Center. Dominican Republic. Dr. Ammann worked with Dr. Eddy Perez a fellow pediatrician in the Dominican Republic to help establish the first programs for the prevention of HIV infection of infants born to HIV-infected mothers.
Item — Box: 2/15
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58 was a zoology major at Wheaton. He is a pediatric immunologist who has done extensive research in pediatrics and HIV/AIDS in children and who, in 1982, first described two of the three known means of HIV transmission—mothers to infants and through blood transfusions. He also diagnosed the first children with HIV infection. Dr. Ammann is Founder of Global Strategies, a non‐profit organization dedicated to responding to the health needs of disadvantaged women and child by...
Dates:
Created: 1952-2014; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Award. Abraham White lifetime achievement award 2007. Abraham white was a mentor for Dr. Alan Goldstein at George Washington University. Dr. Ammann and Goldstein worked closely together on thymic hormones and treated one of the first immunodeficient patients with a crude extract of Thymosin.
Item — Box: 2/15
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58 was a zoology major at Wheaton. He is a pediatric immunologist who has done extensive research in pediatrics and HIV/AIDS in children and who, in 1982, first described two of the three known means of HIV transmission—mothers to infants and through blood transfusions. He also diagnosed the first children with HIV infection. Dr. Ammann is Founder of Global Strategies, a non‐profit organization dedicated to responding to the health needs of disadvantaged women and child by...
Dates:
Created: 1952-2014; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Ross Award. The award was given in 1978 for outstanding pediatric research by Ross laboratories a producer of pharmaceuticals for infants and children.
Item — Box: 2/15
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58 was a zoology major at Wheaton. He is a pediatric immunologist who has done extensive research in pediatrics and HIV/AIDS in children and who, in 1982, first described two of the three known means of HIV transmission—mothers to infants and through blood transfusions. He also diagnosed the first children with HIV infection. Dr. Ammann is Founder of Global Strategies, a non‐profit organization dedicated to responding to the health needs of disadvantaged women and child by...
Dates:
Created: 1952-2014; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015
Los Angeles Summer Olympics plaque. (Olympic Torch is in Box 8). Los Angeles Olympics. Dr Ammann ran torch from Golden Gate Bridge through Presidio for University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Los Angeles (Summer Olympics framed certificate is in Box 15). (Plaque is in Box 2). The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California.
Item — Box: 2/15
Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58 was a zoology major at Wheaton. He is a pediatric immunologist who has done extensive research in pediatrics and HIV/AIDS in children and who, in 1982, first described two of the three known means of HIV transmission—mothers to infants and through blood transfusions. He also diagnosed the first children with HIV infection. Dr. Ammann is Founder of Global Strategies, a non‐profit organization dedicated to responding to the health needs of disadvantaged women and child by...
Dates:
Created: 1952-2014; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2015